Part I: Structure of the bioenergy business: Characteristics of biofuels and renewable fuel -- The global demand for biofuels: technologies, markets and policies -- Biofuel demand realization -- Advanced biorefineries for the production of fuel ethanol -- Part II: Diesel from biomass: Biomass liquefaction and gasification -- Diesel from syngas -- Biodiesel from vegetable oils -- Biofuels from microalgae and seaweeds -- Part III: Ethanol and butanol: Improvements in corn to ethanol production technology using saccharomyces cerevisiae -- Advanced technologies for biomass hydrolysis and saccharification using novel enzymes -- Mass balances and analytical methods for biomass pretreatment experiments -- Biomass conversion inhibitors and in situ detoxification -- Fuel ethanol production from lignocellulosic raw materials using recombinant yeasts -- Conversion of biomass to ethanol by other organisms -- Advanced fermentation technologies -- Advanced product recovery technologies -- Clostridia and process engineering for energy generation -- Part IV: Hydrogen, methane, and methanol: Hydrogen generation by microbial cultures -- Engineering photosynthesis for H2 production from H2O: cyanobacteria as design organisms -- Production and utilization of methane biogas as renewable fuel -- Methanol production and utilization -- Part V: Perspectives: Enhancing primary raw materials for biofuels -- Axes of development in chemical and process engineering for converting biomass to energy -- Financing strategies for industrial-scale biofuel production and technology development start-ups.